Sleazy's Garage
Prepping my coyote swap for a first start, exhaust, intake, and engine oil! - In this video I tightened the exhaust bolts and re-torqued the intake back down. I also prepped the fuel line connection to the engine, replaced the cracked T-hose and filled it up with engine oil. Hey we hit a new milestone, first oil leak in over 20 years!
I accidentally bought the wrong bolt chamfer tool, but sent it anyway to see how bad it would be. This tool relies on friction and sucks. I wasted my own money on this and am not sponsored. If there's a use for this, please let me know in the comments.
Installing the alternator and test fitting the intake on my coyote restomod - In this video, I spend an obscene amount of time shortening a bolt to install the alternator, actually install the alternator, install one of the serpentine belts, install the plug on the side of the oil pan that is for a low oil sensor (I'm not using it), an oil filter, and some other stuff. Lots of talking in this one, sorry, skip around if you want.
Dropping a gen 2 coyote 5.0 into my 89 foxbody restomod - Finally putting an engine in this car after over 20 years. Will it go as planned? Spoiler alert, yep. Went right in. We did have to figure a few things out like putting the driver's side header on first but otherwise the whole thing didn't take much time at all. Next step, first fire?
Coyote install prep, installing the holley foxbody swap oil pan - In this video we finalize the preparations for putting the junkyard coyote into the car. We installed a Holley fox body coyote swap oil pan with Moroso oil pan studs and took a peek at the clutch that came off. Next video will have the engine going into the car. Use an engine stand folks!
Preparing the Coyote for installation in my fox body restomod - In this video we start preparing the junkyard engine to get installed. This entails taking the intake off and adding the IMRC delete kit to it. I also had to remove the remaining exhaust manifold and one of the motor mounts. Finally, we install the SVE motor lift plate.
The coyote for my restomod fox body is here! - Mrs. Sleazy managed to find a low mileage used Coyote 5.0 from a wrecked 2017 Mustang GT. My FIL and I drove down to scoop it up and now it's back here in the garage. In this video we'll take a peek in the cylinders, remove some cut up hoses, and document how the wiring harness is run and what sensors it connects to. We'll also catalog what parts we need to buy to get closer to installing it.
Doing a tune-up on my 03 V6 Mustang. It's been sitting for a few months and it has a bit of a stumble in acceleration. I think the plugs were never changed and the oil is overdo. Part of me was hoping the engine was blown so I could have an excuse for a motor swap, but no dice.
New coyote swap parts and reinstalling the dash - In this video I started installing the dashboard again. It'll be a bit before we completely install it but the frame can go in now and we can start testing stuff. It's also the first time the car ever (for as long as I've owned it) had a dead pedal. I also jumped out the neutral safety check in my transmission harness with a temporary bypass and painted those two annoying spots on the door. Don't do that, by the way, it's not safe!
Re-assembling the door latch mechanisms on my foxbody restomod - I started putting the driver's door back together. The two biggest anxieties I had about getting the door back together were the linkages on the door latch and the run channel molding. I address them both in this video and have some limited success.